Scientific Publications

We have published several manuscripts on the impact of Veggie Van on diet, access to healthy food and related outcomes.​

​This is what we found:In addition to the barriers described on survey on the survey (cost, time), we also found that focus group participants bough fewer F&V because their neighborhoods lacked a good variety of high quality fruits and vegetables. In regards to program ideas that could help them eat more F&V, the idea of a mobile market (i.e. the Veggie Van) was viewed as the most promising idea; 88% of participants indicating on a post-focus group survey that they would be “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to use the VV program.

[Link to focus group papers]

Research on the Veggie Van Model

Veggie Van Pilot Study (this should be the actual paper title)

Site Recruitment Paper

Include authors, Abstract and Link do download the paper for each of the papers

Baseline Paper

RCT Findings

Food Access Research from our Team

this should include Lindsey's two focus group papersfarmers market paperreview of new food retail (kelseanna)

possibly also inlcude links to other research on mobile markets?

This is what we found:A total of 341 eligible individuals from 14 counties completed the survey. The most commonly cited barriers to eating F&V were cost (26.4%) and not having time to prepare F&V (7.3%). Facilitators included access to affordable locally grown F&V (13.5%) and knowledge to quickly and easily prepare F&V (13.2%). Among people who didn’t use farmers markets, common barriers to shopping there were not being able to use food assistance program benefits (35.3%) and not knowing of a farmers market in their area (28.8%); Common facilitators included transportation (24.8%) and having more information about farmers market hours (22.9%). In addition to breaking down structural/environmental barriers to farmers market usage, there is a need to disseminate promotional information about farmers market including hours, location and accepted forms of payment.[Link to Farmers' market paper]